Parasitoses of the human central nervous system

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 257-270

  Finsterer, J ^a,b   Auer, H ^c  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ARGININE; AZITHROMYCIN; DIMINAZENE; EFLORNITHINE; FLUCONAZOLE; ISOMETAMIDIUM; LEVAMISOLE; MANNITOL; MELARSOPROL; NIFURTIMOX; PENTAMIDINE; ROSIGLITAZONE; SULFADIAZINE; SURAMIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS COSTARICENSIS; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MALARIA; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMA; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPILEPSY; GNATHOSTOMA SPINIGERUM; GNATHOSTOMIASIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LARVAL STAGE; MENINGITIS; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MYELITIS; NAEGLERIA; NONHUMAN; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPARGANOSIS; SPIROMETRA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WEAKNESS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PARASITIC INFECTIONS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; PARASITES;

EID: 84880973457     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X12000600     Document Type: Review

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